Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-31
KILLED BY THE FREEzp;.
Georgia Truck and Fruit Growers
Suffsr Heavy Losses.

ALBANY, GA, March 3O.-There was q
heavy frostthis morning. Potatoes, beans
and fruit were materially injured. Le-
Conte pears We're not hurt seriously
The heavy foliage protected the fruit.
The melon crop is badly injured. The
plant Is dying In large quantities. w. G..
Williams, OF Lee county, states that his
entire crop on 250 acres is totally dc.
stroyed. Nearly all the early peaches are
killed.
HEAVY LOSSES AT WAYCROsS.
WAYCROSs, GA, March 30.--There was
heavy frost with thin skins of ice here
last night, doing very much damage TO
truck gardens and fruit. The same is
TRUE OF the entire county, and 1t is
thought the last cold will necessitate the
almost entire planting OF such crops as
were above ground. 1t Is thought by
some that the entire fruit crop is destroy
ed, whilst others say it will yield about a
third.
DISASTROUS IN RICHMOND.
AUGUSTA, GA, March 29-The cold
wave killed hundreds of acres Of early
peaches, apples, plums, cherries, ETC.. to-
pether with vegetables, in this vicinity.
The truck farms are absolutely ruined,
and the fruit crop will undoubtedly be a
failure. The loss Will amount TO thou
sands of dollars in this Immediate vIcIni-
". The thermometer went considerably
below the freezing point last night, and
this morning everything was frozen up.
QUITMAN IN LUCK.
QUITMAN, GA, March 30.-The cold
last night did not materially damage fruit
and vegetables.
THE EFFECT AT THoMAsVILLE.
TOWNSVILLE, GA, March 30 There
ls no injury to fruit or vegetables here,
except perhaps to slightly retard growth.
THE EFFECT IN LowNDEs.
NALDosTA, GA, March 30.-There was
a heavy frost this morning. Truck and
fruit were killed pretty generally.
DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL.
CALHOUN, GA, March 30.-The freeze
has finished the fruit crop in this section.
Ice formed half an inch thick. Forward
wheat is damaged, but to what exten
cannot be learned. Wheat is generally
backward, and the freeze has not dam
aged it. Early gardens are damaged.
PROBABLY KILLED.
CUTHBERT, GA, March 30.-The freeZ
IL thought to have killed or greatly in,
jured the growing crops and fruit. 1t is
still cool.
LIBERTY's VEGETATION DEAP.
L fLEMIRG, IA, mdICH OO4- ne bueT~
mometer registered 50 degs. this morning
Beans, cucum oers, squash, Irish pota-
toes and all tender plants are killed. Ice
formed one.eighth of an inch thick. We
did not suffer but slight damage from the
previons frosts, but last night finished up
all tender plants in this vicinity. Straw
berries are badly damaged.
NO DAMAGE AT ORLANDO.
ORLANDO, FLA, March 30.-The low eat
temperature here was 80 degs, No dam
age was done.
$1.500.000 LOST IN CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, s. O., March 30.-The
freeze of yesterday has etfectually killed
the fruit and vegetable crops in this State.
Around Charleston the potato. cucu m Der
and pea crops are runined and the berries
set back several weeks. In Barnwel, B.,
where all the melons are raised, most Of
the fields were killed outright, and will
have to be repIanted. In Barnwell and
Aiken counties, whence comes all the
early peaches, plums, etc, shipped
North, the lruit Is killed outright. The
freeze has cost this city over 800, 900 and
the State over $l,50D,000,
SHOWING AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 30.-It has
been showing here heavily and without
intermssion since O'Clock this morn
ing. The snow is about four inches deep
and Is still falling. Trains from the
South are delayed, but traffic is not SER
| iously Impeded.
At 10 O'Clock tonight snow Is still fall
! ing heavily and has reached depth OF
ten inches. Reports from tue state show
that the fall has been general.
DEEP SNOW AT LEXINGTON.
LEXINGTON, KY, March 30.-Snow has
| been falling all day, and at s o'clock to-
night IL is eleven inches deep. No such
snow fail as late as March is within the
memory OF the Oldest inhabitant. The
roof OF Featherst0ne's livery stable was
crushed in with the weight and destroyed
many vehicles.
BELOW ZERO AT OTTAWA.
OTTAWA, ONT, March 30.-The ther-
mometer registered 10 degs. below zero
this morning and there is four to five feet
OF snow upon the ground.